This summer's (winter's, actually) Youngsters On
the Air camp in South Africa will have only one representative from the
Americas, 13-year-old Faith Hannah Lea, AE4FH. Selected to represent the
International Amateur Radio Union's (IARU's) Region 2, covering North and South
America, at the annual youth camp sponsored by IARU Region 1 (Europe, Africa
and the Middle East), the ARRL reports that Lea set up a GoFundMe campaign to
cover her expenses. The YOTA program not only promotes amateur radio among
young people, but gives them an opportunity to meet and become friends with
young hams from other countries and cultures.

Janusz Wegrzyn, SP9FIH, has been honored with the
Cass Award for working more individual stations during his operation last year
from Palestine than any other single-operator DXpedition in 2017. Operating as
E44WE during a two-week visit last May, Janusz worked 10,087 unique stations,
which the award sponsors say is a new record. The Cass award is issued annually
by ClubLog, DXLab and the Northern California DX Club to encourage DXpedition
operators to work as many different stations as possible during their time on
the air. The award is named in honor of the late Hugh "Cass" Cassidy,
WA6AUD. The sponsors also announced the addition of an "unlimited"
award as of this year, which will be presented along with the single-operator
plaque to the large-scale DXpedition that contacts the greatest number of
unique stations.

Markus Vester, DF6NM(from DF6NM website)

Outside the world of ham radio, medical
technologist Markus Vester, DF6NM, was honored as Inventor of the Year by his
employer, Siemens, in Erlangen, Germany. Newsline
reports that Vester holds more than 300 patents relating to MRI (magnetic
resonance imaging) scanners. Siemens is a major manufacturer of those devices.
In a post on the Siemens website, Vester said ham radio has played a major role
in his work, noting that, "work and play have never been completely separate
aspects of my life. Inspiration tends to flow both ways between the two."

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